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How to tell if a man is lying - the body language signs to look out for

According to author and body language expert Judi James, certain body language performed by a man can suggest they are lying.

“What that means is - without being challenged, they think their techniques are very good. So they’re probably using techniques they used when they were about five years old, so it’s not very sophisticated.

“Also that gives them confidence that overcomes the guilt.”

Judi said to look out for these four body language signs if you suspect a man of lying:

Expect lots of eye contact

When they lie a lot of guys like to put on a real performance, which means they’ll front it out - loads of eye contact and leaning forward.

Secondly they’ll use a technique called projection and what that means is you’ll get the long pause when they’re challenged and then they’ll try and make you feel guilty - they might say back, “were you snooping through my things”?

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How to tell if a man is lying: Males will put on a front and you may see increased eye contact

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Over congruent body language

Their body language will often be part of the performance. It will often be over congruent so you’ve got a lot of palm displays going on, a lot of shrugging, often the eyebrows move right up to the hairline and big wide eyes - the sort of things a kid would do because they often feel that’s a really good way to bluff their way through a lie.

Pinocchio’s Nose

When we tell a lie a physiological effect is often that the blood vessels increase in size.

You can’t see that but it actually makes the nose feel really itchy. You probably can’t get them to show they rose is growing, but that’s where the saying came from. So you’ll often get a little scratching from the nose.

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How to tell a man is lying: Men may also scratch their nose when they're being deceitful

Look which direction the eyes go

The eyes, often when someone is lying is questioned, will tend to go up to the right hand side.

The left hand side often means someone is recalling a memory and the right hand side means ‘I’m about to make this up’.